Kanaman, James, Interview with (2007-07-31)

Veteran name – James R. Kanaman Service – Navy Interviewer Name – Glenn Gainer Date of Interview – Location of Interview – His home Date of Birth – October 23, 1919 Place of Birth – McKinney, Tx Length of Interview – 1 hr 1 min Time Mark Notes 1:08 After graduation in 1938 1:50 Applied for Navy/Got put on waiting list 2:16 Recruits sent to Norfolk, VA 3:10 Reason they went 3:43 Moving fleet from east coast to west coast on the “New Mexico” 4:43 Went up to Honolulu, Hawaii and got transferred. 5:15 Aboard U.S.S Tracy 5:45 Carried Marines out to Midway and Wake Island in Hawaii 7:29 Went to Hilo, Hawaii. Stood guard over Japanese tanker. 8:11 Was on a ship in pearl harbor when it got hit 8:52 Got machine gun out of armory and fired at Japanese planes 9:29 Rescuing men in the water 11:32 Had to work on U.S.S California to keep it afloat 12:28 Lost his friend 13:29 Ship damage at Pearl Harbor 15:07 Battle of Midway 15:50 Destroyer minelayer 16:39 Went to South Pacific; laid mines 17:15 “Tales of the South Pacific” James Michener 17:54 Blew up radio station 19:17 Guadalcanal and Tulagi 19:57 Minelayers destroyed Tokyo Express 21:15 Things he did at Guadalcanal and Tulagi 23:32 Got a request to go to Diesel School/Got sent back to U.S (1943) 24:06 Didn’t get leave/ Went to San Pedro 24:41 On invasion tanker 26:00 Got Japanese rifle 26:27 Invaded Saipan 26:45 8 Japanese snuck on ship/Captured 1 31:35 Went to Guam after Saipan 33:06 Went to Iwo Jima 36:03 ships got hit by Kamikaze 37:00 Atomic bombs 40:22 Ships 41:48 Came back to states and was discharged for 89 days 43:40 Got over in the Atlantic after he got back in 45:31 Surveyed out the range for the guided missiles 47:25 Found mountain underwater that had never been charted 58:26 On Civil Service Board and on Dallas County Appraisal Board

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Veteran name – James R. Kanaman Service – Navy Interviewer Name – Glenn Gainer Date of Interview – Location of Interview – His home Date of Birth – October 23, 1919 Place of Birth – McKinney, Tx Length of Interview – 1 hr 1 min Time Mark Notes 1:08 After graduation in 1938 1:50 Applied for Navy/Got put on waiting list 2:16 Recruits sent to Norfolk, VA 3:10 Reason they went 3:43 Moving fleet from east coast to west coast on the “New Mexico” 4:43 Went up to Honolulu, Hawaii and got transferred. 5:15 Aboard U.S.S Tracy 5:45 Carried Marines out to Midway and Wake Island in Hawaii 7:29 Went to Hilo, Hawaii. Stood guard over Japanese tanker. 8:11 Was on a ship in pearl harbor when it got hit 8:52 Got machine gun out of armory and fired at Japanese planes 9:29 Rescuing men in the water 11:32 Had to work on U.S.S California to keep it afloat 12:28 Lost his friend 13:29 Ship damage at Pearl Harbor 15:07 Battle of Midway 15:50 Destroyer minelayer 16:39 Went to South Pacific; laid mines 17:15 “Tales of the South Pacific” James Michener 17:54 Blew up radio station 19:17 Guadalcanal and Tulagi 19:57 Minelayers destroyed Tokyo Express 21:15 Things he did at Guadalcanal and Tulagi 23:32 Got a request to go to Diesel School/Got sent back to U.S (1943) 24:06 Didn’t get leave/ Went to San Pedro 24:41 On invasion tanker 26:00 Got Japanese rifle 26:27 Invaded Saipan 26:45 8 Japanese snuck on ship/Captured 1 31:35 Went to Guam after Saipan 33:06 Went to Iwo Jima 36:03 ships got hit by Kamikaze 37:00 Atomic bombs 40:22 Ships 41:48 Came back to states and was discharged for 89 days 43:40 Got over in the Atlantic after he got back in 45:31 Surveyed out the range for the guided missiles 47:25 Found mountain underwater that had never been charted 58:26 On Civil Service Board and on Dallas County Appraisal Board